Ramesh Powar to stay on as women’s team coach

Ramesh Powar has been given extension as the coach of the women’s team. The former India and Mumbai spinner, who is currently managing the women’s team on an interim basis, has been asked to take over the team full time but only till the World Cup. The tournament starts in the Caribbean on November 9.

The decision to continue with Powar was arrived at by the powers-thatbe in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) following the recent Supreme Court verdict. The order mandates the board to involve the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) in the appointment of coaches and selectors and whether there is a bit of confusion over the current consisting of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman.

Kohli lost the position to former Australian captain Steve Smith, who is currently serving a one-year ban owing to his role in the ball-tampering scandal against South Africa earlier this year. The India captain played knocks of 23 and 17 even as his side succumbed to 107 and 130 for an innings and 159-run loss at Lord's.

The BCCI recently advertised for the women’s team coach position which fell vacant following the resignation of Tushar Arothe. CEO Rahul Johri and GM Saba Karim, in consultation with Committee of Administrators (CoA) member Diana Edulji, went through the applications but dropped the process following confusion over the engagement with the CAC.

The management has left it to the new General Body, which should be in place by November, to appoint the new women’s coach. Sources have indicated to this paper that they could not have afforded any further delay in getting a coach for the women’s team which will have to travel to Sri Lanka in September – after a camp in Chennai – for three ODIs and five Twenty20 Internationals -- and then to the West Indies for the World cup.

Powar, who is currently in Bangalore for the women’s challenger, could not be reached but a BCCI official confirmed the appointment, rather extension.

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